- Source: Cherry Lake (horse)
A registered Thoroughbred, Cherry Lake raced mostly on the Quarter Horse racetracks and made her mark on the Quarter Horse breed as a broodmare. She was posthumously inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.
Background
Cherry Lake was a registered Thoroughbred mare, the daughter of Lake Erie and out of a daughter of Nechao named Cherao. Her sire was a son of the U. S. Triple Crown winner War Admiral while her dam was a granddaughter of Nearco and a great-granddaughter of Hyperion. She was a 1966 foal.
Racing career
In her racing career she started both Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred races. On the quarter tracks, her record was twenty-one starts, ten wins, four seconds and two thirds in three years. She earned a Speed Index rating of 97 and was a stakes race winner. Her total quarter track earnings was $16,651.00. As a three-year-old she started nine times on the Thoroughbred tracks, with three wins and a third-place finish and earnings of $6109.00. As a four-year-old she raced twice on the Thoroughbred tracks, with one win for $935.00.
Breeding record and honors
Among her foals were Cash Rate, Flow of Cash, Six Popper and Counting The Cash. Six Popper won the All American Derby in 1986 and Cash Rate was the 1985 World Champion Quarter Running Horse. Cherry Lake died July 1, 1993.
She was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame in 1998.
Pedigree
Notes
References
"All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Cherry Lake" retrieved on June 30, 2007
"AQHA: Hall of Fame". www.aqha.com. American Quarter Horse Association.
Huffman, Christi L. (March 1998). "They Earned a Place". Quarter Horse Journal: 68–75.
Staff (1970). The American Racing Manual 1970 Edition. Triangle Publications.
Staff (1971). The American Racing Manual 1971 Edition. Triangle Publications.
Wagoner, Dan (1976). Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.
External links
Cherry Lake at Quarter Horse Directory
Cherry Lake at Quarter Horse Legends
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